The origin of natural gas emissions from Sardinia island, Italy

Geochemical Journal

Volumn 33, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 1-12

  Minissale, A ^a   Magro, G ^a   Tassi, F ^b   Frau, F ^c   Vaselli, O ^b  

^a CNR   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CAGLIARI   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GEOCHEMISTRY; NATURAL GAS;

ITALY; SARDINIA;

EID: 0033005348     PISSN: 00167002     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2343/geochemj.33.1     Document Type: Article

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